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The movie ‘High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story’ is about poker legend, Stu Ungar — aka Stuey ‘The Kid’ Ungar — who was a man with a gift for cards. The movie’s writer and director is A.W. Tony Vidmer, who hails from Nashville, Tennessee. Here’s why I am in awe of both the movie, and the movie’s writer/director. We’re talking about more than just poker here…

From the world of ‘the strange and unusual’… a Super Bowl hotdog that sells for $1,800… FREE iPod in exchange for old CD’s… a ‘smart’ power strip that turns itself off… disposable phone numbers… snail mail junk mail revenge… and how long money lasts.

Have you heard about this study examining the relationship between hoscope signs and the quality of one’s driving? Who knew that you could be a better or worse driver, simply by the nature of your sign?

Here’s the story behind the story of Analiese Michel — the young girl about whom a movie was created and titled ‘The Exorcism of Emily Rose’. Yes, the Catholic church approved the exorcism, but check out everything that went wrong!…

What makes Steven Soderbergh’s movie, Bubble, so interesting? It is the first movie ever released in theaters …and on DVD…and on hi-definition TV at the same time. And it’s guaranteed to shake up the way things are done in the movie industry.

I remember hearing about Anthony Swofford’s U.S. Marine story on a talk show years ago. Recently his movie, ‘Jarhead’ opened on the big screen… And his book is now available called ‘Jarhead: A Marine’s Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles’. Here are some interesting one-on-one interviews with Anthony Swofford about the movie AND his book…

You may have seen sidewalk art before, but you’ve NEVER seen 3D sidewalk art like THIS before!!! Check out the AMAZING artwork created by Julian Beever, Mark Cummings, and Kurt Wenner …world-renowned master street painters.

Whether or not you’ve ever seen RENT the musical on- or off-Broadway… I would encourage you to go see RENT the movie in theaters opening November 23rd. Here’s a little background on the Broadway play/musical and its writer, Jonathan Larson. It’s a truly inspiring story…

The Walk The Line movie looks into the world and music of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. Here’s some behind-the-scenes scoop about the filming and actors, including Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash and Reese Witherspoon as June Carter Cash.

Locally, I’m kinda known as a ‘pig stalker’. I happen to enjoy the wacky outfits and props that the neighbors use to dress up their porch-sittin’ ceramic Pig, and I’ve photographed some of the wackiness concerning the pig-on-the-block here.

I’m driving home from work the other day, and I notice something “strange” with the car in front of me: Truth is, being stuck in traffic gridlock during rush hour often lends itself to some of the most interesting…

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